Experiment made by the Darjeeling Municipality of Mr Hickey's plan of conservancy by carbonization
Scope & Content:
pp 1311-19. Report of the Sub-Committee on Hickey's process. Hickey informs the Government of India that experiments are to be made with the charcoal residue as a deodorizer instead of dry-earth.
Akyab Sanitary Inspection Report and Report on Cholera Outbreak
Scope & Content:
pp 1341-65. Reports by the Sanitary Commissioner for British Burmah, including discussion on the aetiology of cholera, with remarks on the low-infection rate amongst the Chinese community, which they attribute to drinking tea instead of un-boiled water. Plus comments by Colonel Sir A Phayre, Beng...
Arrangements for carrying out the orders of the Home Government in regard to the inquiry into cholera in India and the system of recording such cases
Scope & Content:
pp 1367-73. Correspondence between the Governments of India and Madras, plus copy Memorandum by the Army Sanitary Commission on papers relating to cholera in the North-Western Provinces of India in 1867, and proposed enquiry into the causes of cholera generally in that country. Also contains extr...
Comments on the measures to be adopted for an enquiry into cholera in India
Scope & Content:
pp 111-14. Communication from J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, regarding opinions of the local Sanitary Commissioners on the means by which sanitary enquiries in special districts and localities may be carried out. Cuningham discusses the difficulties of accurate...
pp 115-19. Correspondence regarding the condition of the ravines above the Combermere Bridge bowlie; plus copy Proceedings of the Simla Board of Health, 30 Jan 1871.
Results of experiments made in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts to test Pettenkofer's theory regarding the origin and propagation of cholera
Scope & Content:
pp 41-43. Diagram recording the water level in the well at Omrawuttee during the month of November 1870 [shown as a representation of Pettenkofer's apparatus], plus tables recording meteorological observations, and notes on incidences of fevers and cholera.
Proposed appointment of a designated cholera enquirer
Scope & Content:
pp 49-50. Correspondence regarding the proposals. J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, recommends that any outbreak of cholera in jails be investigated by the Officer in charge.